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Proverbs 16:26
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Proverbs 16:26
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26 The appetite of laborers works for them;
their hunger drives them on.
Proverbs 16:26
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Proverbs 16:26
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26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
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Ecclesiastes 6:7
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Ecclesiastes 6:7
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7 Everyone’s toil is for their mouth,
yet their appetite is never satisfied.(A)
Ecclesiastes 6:7
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Ecclesiastes 6:7
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7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Proverbs 14:23
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Proverbs 14:23
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23 All hard work brings a profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23
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Proverbs 14:23
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23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
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Proverbs 9:12
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Proverbs 9:12
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12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
Proverbs 9:12
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Proverbs 9:12
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12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
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2 Thessalonians 3:8-12
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2 Thessalonians 3:8-12
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8 nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked(A) night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. 9 We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help,(B) but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.(C) 10 For even when we were with you,(D) we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work(E) shall not eat.”
11 We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.(F) 12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ(G) to settle down and earn the food they eat.(H)
2 Thessalonians 3:8-12
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2 Thessalonians 3:8-12
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8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
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1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
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1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
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11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands,(A) just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders(B) and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
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1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
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11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
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